Bible Dictionaries
Parole

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) See 2d Parol.

(2):

(n.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; - distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.

(3):

(v. t.) To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.

(4):

(n.) Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2.

(5):

(n.) A word; an oral utterance.

(6):

(n.) Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Parole'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/parole.html. 1828.